Fill the buckets to the brim for Arapahoe’s Claire Davis

Like so many others here and across the planet, Hayley Ferguson was deeply shocked, saddened and horrified when news broke of last week’s incident at Arapahoe High School.

A Warriors student entered the school in Centennial last Friday armed and was ready to cause death and destruction. Wounded and still in the hospital, Davis reportedly remains in critical condition and in a coma.

Ferguson wants to do something about it.

“I can’t even imagine what it was like for her,” Ferguson of Davis being shot while at school.

Hence, the outside hitter on Chaparral’s volleyball tournament is trying to help. The 17-year-old has organized a passing of a bucket asking for donations. The likes of Ponderosa, Lakewood, Brighton, Rock Canyon and Legend also have gotten on board initially, and other students at ThunderRidge are making T-shirts.

It’s part of several moves, including on Twitter, to bring attention and support to Davis in any way fellow teenagers can.

“It’s so close to home and I’m old enough to understand that it’s terrifying,” Ferguson said. “So far, just schools are participating.”

Teenagers have discovered social media has many uses and they are hoping to use it provide aid and compassion to someone who needs it. And there are several such moves toward donations being made.

Neil Devlin, originally from the Philadelphia area, has covered high school sports in Colorado for more than 30 years, writing about the people, athletes and events that encompass the Rocky Mountain prep sports world.